Report: Fiat to build Jeeps in Italy
 

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It's beginning to look like <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/">Fiat's</a> plan for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> includes heavier use of the C-EVO platform that underpins the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/14/alfa-romeo-giulietta-hits-the-european-market-with-full-details/">Alfa Romeo Giulietta</a>. There's already going to be a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/dodge/">Dodge</a> based off the C-EVO, and Fiat has just laid out plans to build a new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/jeep/">Jeep</a> model on the platform at the company's Mirafiori plant in Italy. The Jeep model will share the production line with Alfa models, and Fiat is trying to get the work rules tweaked to help support the 280,000 vehicle per year volume. <em>The</em> <em>Detroit News</em> reports that Italian unions are pleased with the plan that bumps volume by about 100,000 cars versus 2009 output. <br />
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Most of the Italian-built Jeeps will be exported, mainly to the United States. Engines and transmissions will come from Chrysler's U.S. operations, at least for vehicles headed here. Fiat and Chrysler are sharing plants and volume with apparent ease, with a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/wsj-marchionne-confirms-grand-cherokee-based-maserati-suv-to-be/">planned Maserati SUV</a> coming out of Detroit's Jefferson North plant and sharing much with the excellent Jeep <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/grand+cherokee">Grand Cherokee</a>. A mid-size Fiat SUV is also expected to use the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/journey">Dodge Journey</a> as a canvas; all moves that underscore how stingy things were under Daimler. <br />
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[Source: <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20101127/AUTO01/11270357/1148/rss25">The Detroit News</a> I Photo: Fiat]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/29/report-fiat-to-build-jeeps-in-italy/">Report: Fiat to build Jeeps in Italy</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://detnews.com/article/20101127/AUTO01/11270357/1148/rss25>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/29/report-fiat-to-build-jeeps-in-italy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19735834/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/29/report-fiat-to-build-jeeps-in-italy/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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